{"id":5347,"date":"2024-02-22T09:58:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T09:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanacres.in\/?p=5347"},"modified":"2024-02-22T09:58:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T09:58:20","slug":"mumbais-air-quality-soars-to-satisfactory-levels-sustained-improvement-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/?p=5347","title":{"rendered":"Mumbai&#8217;s Air Quality Soars to Satisfactory Levels, Sustained Improvement Expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In a remarkable turn of events, Mumbai&#8217;s atmospheric conditions have witnessed a commendable upswing, culminating in a noteworthy Air Quality Index (AQI) of 60. This positive development marks the second consecutive day of the city basking in satisfactory AQI levels, following a modest reading of 76 on Tuesday. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5348\" style=\"width: 351px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5348\" src=\"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AQI-levels-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"198\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>AQI levels<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The recent figures represent a substantial amelioration from the preceding days when the AQI lingered in the moderate category. The week commenced with a concerning AQI of <strong>191<\/strong> on Friday, prompting environmental apprehensions. Swift action and changing weather patterns, particularly increased wind speeds, catalyzed a notable improvement, with subsequent readings of <strong>174<\/strong> on Saturday, <strong>146<\/strong> on Sunday, and <strong>111<\/strong> on Monday. All stations on Wednesday had either good or satisfactory air quality levels. \u201cIt\u2019s all down to meteorology,\u201d said Sachin Ghude, head of the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR). \u201cThere are more winds, which helps ventilation. We expect these days of satisfactory air to continue,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Sunil Kamble, the head of IMD Mumbai, attributed the positive air quality to the early onset of the Westerly winds. The temperature in Santacruz touched a minimum of <strong>20.8<\/strong> degrees Celsius and a maximum of <strong>30<\/strong> degrees Celsius. Colaba saw a minimum of <strong>21.4<\/strong> degrees Celsius and a maximum of <strong>29.8<\/strong> degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a remarkable turn of events, Mumbai&#8217;s atmospheric conditions have witnessed a commendable upswing, culminating in a noteworthy Air Quality Index (AQI) of 60. This<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1769,2231,146,152,147,150,5629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carbon-neutrality","category-go-green","category-latest","category-mmr","category-news","category-sustainability","category-sustainable-infra-architecture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}